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OMAHA. SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 11. 1917. 13 A PVO RSTORM BREWS; MOGULS WHET KNIVES AS MEETING DAY MARS Bitter Controversy Due When American Association and International Magnates Suggest New League; South ern and Coast Leagues Have Greedy Eyes on Choice Towns; Some Loops May Suspend. 10.-What9 Here's Richest Hot Stove Yarn in Years; Scott Offers Risberg $100 to Slug Scribe Louisville, Kv., Nov . remises to be the most important meeting of the National Association t Professional Base Ball Leagues in several years will begin Tuesday and continue three days. Interest will center largely about proposals to change the whole map of organized base ball so far as the 'ninor leagues are concerned, and as fiie plan will meet opposition, the ses sions may develop into exciting af fairs. In this connection the proposal I 1 1 ...l." 1. xl- - . .....- V uuuiu which me gicdicsi aiiiuum ji gossip has centered and which seems IM-i-if! II f A Via Kittrcf mntrn. ersy is the plan to torm a new or- unzation from narts of the American association and International league. 1 he proposed league would include Louisville, Indianapolis, Columbus and Toledo from the American asso ciation and Toronto, Buffalo, Newark and Baltimore from the International league. The four clubs in each league which would be left out in the cold under this arrangement are expected to furnish all the opposition to the project of which they arc capable. In addition demand will be made, It is said, by interests in the Western. Pacific Coast, Texas, Tliree I and Central leagues, the Southern associa tion and several other organizations for a realignment of their territories. Among the specific changes said to be desired is the addition of Shreve port, a Texas league city, to the Southern association, and the trans fer of Seattle from the Northwestern league to the Pacific league. In addition to these changes others would probably be forced by the suc cess of any effort to form a new com bination from parts of the American association and International league. Otherwise there would be no berths for some of the best minor league towns in the country. Leagues to Meet. Preceding the meeting of the Na tional Association of Professional Base l Ball Leagues, the W estern league will hold a meeting tomorrow. The Three I and Central leagues will also fore gather. The American association will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, on which day the National Board of Arbitration will be in session. A movement may be launched to suspend operations in several smaller minor leagues until the close of the war. Practically every organization XJbim the big 'American association, international and Pacific Coast leagues down, suffered seriously last season. Twenty-two minor leagues started the season and only about half of them finished. Only five leagues went through without changes in their circuits. The blows t- the minors began to fall early i;i ti e season. The Vir ginia league disbanded May IS. Two days later the North Carolina league gave up and three day later saw the finish of the Georgia-Alabama cir cuit. Early in June the Central-Texas league gave way. The Dixie league Bnd the Northwestern association suspended early in July. The Three I league, which had weathered all kinds of conditions for 17 years, was obliged to suspend on July 8. The North western league held on for week longer and the Central association managed to continue until August 7. Western Splits Season. The Western league was forced to change its alignment and split its sea son in July to stir up new interest. Even the American association began to slash expenses early in the season because of the heavy losses, due to postponements, resulting from unsea sonable weather conditions. Presidents of several minor leagues in the middle west are whole-hearted-iv in favor of putting base ball on the shelf for a year and possibly two. Thev favor releasing all players and starting anew at the close of the war on a less expensive operating basis. Continuation of present salaries of minor league players, they contend, is out of the question. The unsettled conditions in the minors, however, are not entirely due to the war in the league, in the opinion of Harry W. Vahlhefer. nresident of the Central THIRTEEN NAMED ON RESERVE LIST OF ROURKE CLUB Five, However, Are Suspended, So Pa Has Only Eight Players , With Which to Start 1918 Season. Vague. He believes the small, inex pensive motor car has seriously cut clown the attendance in the smaller cities. "Froni mv study of the situation, I have concluded that the factory work er, who, in former years spent a quar ter or 50 cents for a seat in a base ball park on Sunday, has bought a small automobile, which takes his spare money. We usually counted on these patrons for regular Sunday busi ness. But now. instead of going to a ball game, '.ie takes his family for a ride in the country. And at present day prices for" necessities after this fellow gets through buying motor supplies, he has nothing left to lavish on base ball.. Golf Is Cause. "Golf is also a contributing cause. Men who used to patronize base ball in Evansville, Ind., my home, are tak ing exercise themselves instead of watching ball players get it." A. R. Tearney, president of the Three I league, will lead a movement at the National association meeting for a reclassification of all minor leagues and a reduction in the mem bership of ihe National Board of Ar bitration. Tearney wants the mem bership of the board slashed from its present number of 11 to three. "The board is unwieldy," he said. "Its members, presidents of leagues and in some instances former presi dents who are entirely out of base ball are scattered all over the coun try. If an important piece of legisla tion requires immediate action, it sometimes takes weeks for the issue to be submitted to the entire board. "It is mv purpose to propose a National board, composed of three men, either to serve with salary or volunteer their services. They could devote their entire time to the minor league situation. The National com mission has backed me in my recom mendation." Eastern League Hurler Is Now Foot Ball Coach ' Pitcher Fred (Mysterious) Walker, wound uo the season with New Haven, champion of the "Eastern! leasrue. is coaching the Williams col-' lege foot ball suuad at Williamstown, Miss. Pa Rourke has officially reserved 13 athletes for the Omaha Western league clubs. In the list of reserved players just issued by Secretary Farrell of the National Association, 13 Omaha play ers are named. Ta hasn't that many players, however, as five of them are suspended. The players Pa has reserved are as follows: Marty O'Toole, Otto Merz. Pete McGtiire. Dave Williams, Phil Cooney, Otto Nye, Marty Krug, Shag Thompson, Jake Holderman, Arnold Luschen, J. H. Ardis, Joseph Bell, Cy Forsyth. One Unknown. Holderman, Luschen, Ardis, Bell and Forsythe art the suspended ath letes. Holderman, purchased from Fort Wayne, failed to report last spring and was placed on the black list. Bell jumped the Rourkes threa years ago Forsyth left Omaha flat on its back last April to go to Ari zona. Luschen took a vacation with out leave last August. The identity of Mr. Ardis, is unknown. Thus Rourke really only has eight athletes to start the season with next year and it is just possible a couple of them will get the gate anyway. The complete roster of Western league players reserved is as follows: Joplln Collins, Monroe. Met, Burs, Lamb, Cochran. Carlisle, Brokaw, Horun, Llndamore, Bur-well, Sanders. Graham, Mavel, Veyll, Kline, Rudy, Sommera, Roy Davis, Spritzer (suspended). Des Molncs D. J. Cass, William E. Hun ter. R. Murphy, H. R. Shanley. John F. Coffey, Bruce Hartford, A. U Ewoldt, H. F. Breen, Larry Spahr, Paul Musser, Lea Dressen, George Payne, R. Ralllo, Frank O'Doul, Pan Moeller, O. C. HlKglni (sus pended), Paul Meloan (suspended), Denver Henry Butcher, Vernon Manser, Roy Hartzell, William McCormlck, Albert Hartman, John Wuffll, Rupert Mills, George Shestak, Al Bartholomy, Ferd Cain, C. J. Manlon, John Keller, Ueorite Bonnier, Leon E. Webb (suspended), Richard Cantwell (suspended), John King (suspended). Sioux City W. Xi. Crosby, D. Dougan, A. Mueller, Ed Holly. Don Radar, George Wat son, Tom Connolly, H. L. Gaspar, Grover Ullmon, C. B. Grover, L. Bremmerhof, William Rose, H. Sutherland, S. A. Lpjeune (suspended). W. Schardt (suspended), William Darts (suspended). E. dinner (sus pended), W. Innian (suspended). St, Joseph Frank O'Brien, Charles Adams, Robert Wright, Frank Graham, R. E. McCollough, Arthur Shay, Ben Smith, Stewart Dllts, Elmer Benson, W. F. McCahe, Cecil Hammond, Jpe Agler, Joe Fnutch, John Williams, Frank Goalby (suspended), Harry Hartz-U (U. S. Army), Ray Eaik. Wichita W. R. Jones, C. V. Goodwin, Joe Berger, I. M. Davis, B. M. Coy. Clyde Mc Brlde, II. Martini, George Dobbins, Everette Taryan, E. W. Baker, Elmer Koestner, George Lyons, R. E. demons, Harry Williams, William Fox (suspended), William Conroy (suspended). Omaha Marty OToole, Otto Mera, Pete McGuire, Dave Williams, Phil Cooney, Otto Nye, Marty Krug, J. A. (Shag) Thompson, Jake Holderman (suspended), Arnold Lus chen (suspended), J. H. Ardis (suspended), Joseph Bell (suspended), Cy Forsyth (sus pended). Lincoln W. V. Rohrer, Paul Eiffert, Ray Sehmandt, Tony Smith, J. S. Butler, A. Thomason, Dick Daviess. Elmer Lober. Howard Gregory, Carl East, Jack Halla. Roland Myers, A. Narveson, R. A. Rohrer, Elmer Johnson. Umpires Shannon, Leo Brown, Con Daly. Pitcher Who Wants to Be Army Officer Believes in Con ducting His Wars by Proxy. The Hot Stove league, which goes into session annually as soon as the regular base ball season is ended, has produced some "darb" stories of dickerings and dealings in its day, but the following is one of the richest of years. It is absolutely true, there by having considerable on the aver age Hot Stove league story. Here are the facts: "Death Valley" Jim Scott, famous hurler, who left the White Sox to join the army, and who now is en deavoring to win an officer's commis sion at Fort Barry, San Francisco, recently offered "Swede" Risberg, a newcomer in the major league, a hun dred dollars to slug Irving Vaughan, Chicago newspaper man who was traveling with the team. Why He Was Sore. Scott had taken offense at two par agraphs written by Vaughan. The first one, on May 10, said: "In his last two times out Jim Scott has looked mighty punk. If Jim starts pitching as he did last season, he is in for the same treatment indefinite suspension without pay." The sec- ! ond one, on May 12, said: "Rowland is in a nad way tor pitchers. Jim Scott is out of condition again, VVil liams seems to have lost his stuff, and Faber is ill. The only dependable men are Cicotte and Russell." When Scott read these paragraphs he was furious. But the would-be army officer did not let his indigna tion interfere with his discretion. He said nothing to Vaughan himself. Instead he asked Risberg to do his fighting for him and offered $100 as an inducement. A hundred looks good to the average ball player. Looked Good to Swede. And it looked good to Risberg. He accepted Scott's proposition. Kid Gleason, the coach, who has his own standards about fighting and his own ideas about how $100 should be earned, heard that the slugging was about to come off. He took Risberg aside and said: I, ? 1 lis tav1 1 j2r'I ?a . ' - . Twenty Years of Foot Ball Is Record of Bob Marshall Twenty years of foot ball, and a star every season, is the unusual rec ord of "Bob" Marshall, colored, one time end on the University of Minne sota eleven and now a member of a Minneapolis semi-professional team holding the championship of the northwest. Marshall was a member of the Gopher eleven in '04, '05 and '06. Probably the outstanding feat in his career was the kicking of a field goal in a game with Chicago in 1906. His toe gave the Gophers a 4 to 2 victory. Marshall played his first foot ball game in 1897 as a member of the Minneapolis Central High school team. Since leaving college he has played as a semi-professional. Be cause the forward passing is harder on ends than the old style, Marshall wears stiff wrapping around his ribs. He is 35 years old. Discarded Gregg Would Have Landed Pennant Vean Gregg, say experts who saw him pitch for Providence this year, was as efficient a lefthander as there was in base ball the last season, and more than one big league watcher looked longingly at him and regretted that he couldn't take him right away and place him with his club. He re turns to the Red Sox. "If he had been with the Red Sox this year they'd have won the pennant," says a base ball sharp who saw him. "I'll bet I saw him fan fully two dozen batters with a curve ball that hit the dirt." Wrestling Fans Hear Murmuring of Strife Omaha wrestling fans are placing attentive ears to the well known ground. Murmurings are being heard. Jack Lewis, it has been learned, is negotiating for a Joe Stecher Charlie Peters match, to be held in Omaha within the month. It is also said Carl Marfisi has a scheme to pit Earl Caddock against a top notcher about the same time and is trying to coax Zbyszko into the ring. Marfisi, it is said, is angling for a match Thansgiving day, Novem ber 29, and the date Lewis wants is December 7. This would make the matches less than 10 days apart. War is about to be declared, is TEAM WORK IS STUFF THAT WINS BASE BALL GAMES White Sox Victory Over Giants Proves That Individual Stars Fall Down Because of Jealousy. OHIO BOX FIGHT BOARD IS COURT OF LAST APPEAL Mitt Swinger Who Tanglei With Ring Solons in Buckeye State Purchases Ticket to Land Beyond. By RINGSIDER. Chicago, Nov. 11. There may be a the world's series this year was the tighter proposition somewnere in tne strongest kind of an argument in ! universe than the boxing commission support of the theory that a ball club I that chaperons the fight game in By JACK VEIOCK. New York, Nov. 10. 'I'iie result of UbKTH VALLliY" SCOTT. "You may not have been in the big show long enough to find it out, but there arc certain things we don't tolerate up here. My, advice to you is to stop before you start. If you're hunting a ticket back to the minors, go ahead. Hut if you want to stay with the White Sox I'd advise you to lay off. Let Scott do his own light ing. It's none of your affair, any way, and if you butt in you'll be la beled the prize boob of the major leagues." Hundred Is a Hundred. And this was the reply by Mr. Risberg, financier: "Well, you know $100 is $100!" Gleason or somebody else told Manager Rowland what was brewing, and the 'White So pilot called Kis berg on the carpet. According to Rowland, Risberg admitted that Scott had made the "offer," but in defense of himself be added: "I didn't really intend to do it." Rowland gave Riseberg a few words of advice, but there the mat ter ended. Scott neither slugged Vaughan himself nor found anybody else who was willing to do it for the price. Vaughan is still alive and working on the Chicago Herald, and Scott, who believes in conducting war by proxy, is trying to become an officer in the United States army. Jim Park Collects $120 Salary From Browns for No Work at All St. Louis Neglects to Observe Little Formality of Notifying Omaha Hurler to Rejoin Team Before Going to Columbus, So James Puts in Claim and National Commission Awards It DES MOINES AND OMAHA MA YMEET IN POSTCONTEST Negotiations Now Under Way for Game for Entertainment of Camp Dodge Soldiers About Dec3mber 8. 1 the hunch of the wrestling fans. Just because the St. Louis American league club neglected to observe one of Organized Base Ball's set rules, Jim Park, Omaha hurler the latter part of the 1917 season, collected $120 from the Browns. Park came to Omaha under optional O- agreement. He was recalled and re leased to Columbus of the American association. He thus went straight from one minor league club to the other. Technically he should have re joined the Browns first and been in their "actual service." But the Browns overlooked this bet, so Park, catching them napping, put in a claim for sal ary until the end of the season and the National commission gave it to him with the following ruling: Player James Park wag released to and recalled from the Omaha club by the fit. Louis American league club under a 1917 optional agreement. Wlthnut being required to report to the latter, he wa trannferred by It to the Columbus club of the American association an per written notification and directed to join the ('olumhuR club after the close of the Western leaituo'e seaaon. The player contends that his transfer to the Colunihiis club was irregular under the circumstances and that he should have been required to return to the Ft. Louis club after September lfi, the final day of the Western leaRUo's championship race, anil then re leased by the recalling club to Columbus direct after major league walvera were ob tained. It Is also called to the commission's at tention that interleague waivers could not be legally requested by the St. Louis club on a recalled player under rule 29 unless he were under contract to It and in Its actual service. He was not with the St. Louie club last fall. The player further Insists that under sec tion G of rule 16 of the commission he is entitled to salary from the St. Louts Ameri can league club from September 1. the close of the American association season, to the final championship game of the St. Louis American league team. The action of the St. Louis club in this case was irregular In several respects. While waivers were requested, it Is beyond ques tion that the application for them at that time was Irregular. However, It Is signifi cant that he was not claimed by a major league olub and that he obtained a position with a Class AA club. The commission allows the player's salary claim against the St. Loull club from Sep tember to to October 1, both inclusive,, at the rate of $3nn a month, and affirms the right of the Columbus club to his services by purchase. The St. Louis club Is directed to forth with forward Its check In adjustment of this award to the secretary of the commis sion for transmission to the play. Flower Forbes Fastest Of Two-Year-Old Fillies The 2-year-old filly Flower Forbes is the fastest half mile track pacer of her age this season, 2:15 being her record. She is by J. Malcolm Forbes, dam by a son of Arion, and where the pace comes from is a mystery to stu dents of pedigrees. Until this season her sire was not credited with any fast pacers, but Geers has in his stable a very good 3-year-old in Robert Gatewood (2:05J4), by J. Malcolm Forbes that is expected to do 2:03 or better in 1918. Stoval Kisses Good-Bye to Coast; Hikes for Kay See George Stovall, who managed the Vernon team in the Pacific Coast league in the season recently closed, has decided to remove from Cali fornia, where he has made his home for several years. He has sold his property and will return to Kansas City. It has been known for some time that Stovall "would not be re tained as manager of the Vernon Bill Hinchman Declares Wounded Pin 0. K. Again Outfielder Bill Hinchman, who broke his leg in mid-season, is out with the statement that the break has healed completely and that he is as good as ever. He says he expects to report to the Pirates in the spring, confident that he can win back his old job in the outfield, and that he will give the Pittsburgh crew some of the i hitting it su sadly lacked GRID CONTESTS OF INTEREST TO NEBRASKA FANS Cornhuskers and Central High Invade Foreign Fields; Creigh ton Plays Haskell Indians at Omaha. A post-season foot ball game be tween Central High of Onu.ha and the Des Moines High school cham pions, to Le played about Dece nber 8 at the Drake stadium in Des Moines, for the entertainment of the national army men stationed at Camp Dodge cantonment, is a prospect. Several gridiron clashes arc be::.g planned for the benefit of the Camp Dodge soldiers and the Omaha-Des Moines High school affair is one. Omaha and Des Moines rank as the leaders of interscholastic foot ball in the west. When the current season ends these two cities will, no doubt, be deadlocked for the Missouri Val ley championship. Omaha has de feated Lincoln and it is safe to pre sume will win over St. Joseph. East Des Moines also has won from Lin coln. Omaha has disposed of Sioux Gty. .... So Central, with the team which Foot Ball Games This Week Nebraska vs. Kansas, at Law rence. Central High vs. Sioux Falls, at Sioux Falls. Creighton vs. Haskell Indians, at Omaha. This week is another important one for Omaha foot ball fans. Three big games are on the program. The Cornhuskers play their most important Missouri Valley contest Saturday when they clash with Kan sas in the Jawhawks' baliwick, Law rence, Kan. The Missouri Valley championship hinges on this game. While the Huskcrs are ranking favorites, the Jayliawkers are strong this year and the dope presages one of the greatest Nebraska-Kansas battles the valley ever saw. Central High school, hot on the trail of the Missouri Valley inter scholastic championship, also invades foreign fields Saturday. Mulligan's warriors journey to Sioux Falls. S. D., to tangle with the high school gridders of that city. Creighton will hold the interest at home. Mills' men face one of tht toughest games of the year. The redoubtable Haskell Indians will be their opponents. The Indians are re ported to be as good as ever this season, so Omaha will be treated to plenty of foot ball. wins the Des Moines High school Jog StCfjher t0 WreStle ST SopS. nfwhi ! In East After Turkey Day attract .interest all over the Missouri i Joe Steelier is headed cast. Alter Valley territory and would be a big Thanksgiving the Dodge lad starts step in the advancement ot inter-j a campaign which will carry him to scholastic foot ball. a number of points east of Chicago. Negotiations are now under way for , J(U. Coffey, Chicago wrestling inipres the game and it is believed they will sarin, is making Joe's engagements for DC compietea soon. Sons of Axworthy Prove To Be Worthy Sires Sons of Axworthy have done won ders as sires this year, they being credited with the fastest yearling trot ter (for the season), the fastest 2-year-old for two consecutive heats (Nella Dillon, 2:07, 2:0oM), and the fastest race record bv a 3-year-old (Miss Bertha Dillon, '2:0414). Roth the last two performers were sired bv Dillon Axworthy, second (2:11!4). third (2:10Jij), and their sensational work has put hirn in a position among sires never before attained by a 7-year-old horse. He is a small stallion and his owner at first did not use him as a sire on that account and because he "wings'' with one front foot. The 1917 work of his progeny has filled his book for 1918. Old Champ's Come-Back Is Discovered Too Late The champion pacer, Directum I (l:56jt), which record was made "in the open," was supposed, at the time of his sale at auction last spring, to be through as a performer, but his new owner handled the stallion with such skill that he has been lowering the records of a lot of eastern half mile tracks, having stepped that style of course under 2:04. When too late to take advantage of the fact it was discovered the old horse hail come back and would have been a factor in the Grand Circuit free-for-all races, interest in which was monopolized bv Miss Harris M (2:00-) and William (1:5;,). him. with balance is better than a ball club compiled of individual stars. Scan the roster of the Giants, Mc Graw's team is made up of the pick of National league players and a few who were combed out of the defunct Federal league. Compared to the White Sox the Giants are a team of stars, and be ing a team of stars they are full of temperament. With, the exception of two or three members of the Giants, Median's players are out there fight ing for personal glory. It isn't that they refuse to boost for each other, or that they do not want to pull to gether. They simply can not tlo it. They go up to the plate with a de sire to drive home any runs that may be on the bases, but they all want to hit the ball a mile, and once they take a toe-hold th-. thought of the glory they could get out ot a home run is uppermost, l'ennv Kauri got his first hit of the series that way, anil the hit was a homer. And, a the writer has mentioned before, llenny was sent up there with orders to push a swinging bunt past Urban Faber. Outstanding Stacs. KaulT is one of the outstanding stars of the Giants. Hemic Zimmerman is another and Buck Herzog still an other. Zimmerman, secured from the Cubs by McGraw, is probably the best all-around third baseman in the National league. Kaulf, from the Feds, is an outfielder of undoubted class, and ilrrzog, scrappy, brainy and capable in every way, is a real star. George Burns, who has never played with any other major league team but the Giants, is admitted to lie the best sun-fielder in cither big league, and George, is perhaps the quietest and most unassuming player on the team, yet he is a star that any man ager would be glad to have. Davy Robertson, who may not be in a Giant uniform next year, bloomed forth as a star after McGraw had groomed him for an outfielder. Davy is temperamental, and, as McGraw once said, "he can be just as good as he wants to be." McGraw's pitchers, for the most part, have been picked from other clubs. I'erritt, Benton and Sallee, three of his best bets, are all stars in their own leagues, and Schupp is a young luminary of undoubted class. But the pitchers do not count as heav ily as the players in regular positions who play day in and day out. Other Satellites. Of these there are several we have not mentioned. Artie Fletcher is one of them, and every National league fan knows that Artie is full of tem perament, and that he has long been rated as a star in the old league. Bili Karidcn, from the old Braves, ant later the Feds, is one of the best catchers in his league. Lew McCarty was without a doubt the classiest all around catcher in the National league with the possible exception of Frank Snyder when McGraw grabbed hitn from Brooklyn, and Lew is still star- With the Wliite Sox it is cutterent. Rowland has several stars, but as a whole his ball club does not bristle with them. Cicotte .stood out alone" all season among the pitchers. Eddie Collins is a star of undoubted calibre and Pay Schalk ranks as the best catcher in the game. Hap Felsch ap proached stardom this season and is really a wonderful player, and Joe! Jackson completes the list. Weaver, MrMnlleii (ianrlil. T.eiliotd anrt Tohn Collins are the cogs who fit into the Rowland machine with the outstand ing players named here. They are all good, consistent ball players, but not famed as stars. And the Sox played the more consistent game in the world's scries. They got th4 better of the breaks after the fourth game, it is true, but the team that has bal ance is very liable to get the breaks most of the time. It is balance that counts most. Inquisitive New Yorker Gets Answer From "Kid" A New York fan, who insisted on horning into a conversation around the lobby during the world's scries, asked Kid Gleason if there was any thing true about the alleged shine ball. "Sure," replied the Kid. "Some of us stay up half the night shining the ball for the following afternoon." Columbus, O., but if there is it is keep ing itself pretty well camouflaged. This Columbus commission is the real wonder of the boxing world. Not even Wisconsin, which boasts a nice tight little commission of its own, can match the Columbus article. There are three members of the Co lumbus commission, appointed by the mayor. Their authority covers only the corporate limits of Columbus, but within those limits they ore the real boses of the works. The commission is the supreme court, the court of last appeal. There is nothing whatever beyond. Here is a brief sketch of the way this commission works: Walter Hughes is the king pin of the commission and he referees all bouts held in Columbus. His con freres are a railroad man and a stock man. Hughes is regarded as a cap able referee. The commission is empowered to charge a permit fee of $25 from all promoters, and no license for a box ing show is issued until the fee is paid. A further fee of five per cent of the gross receipts of all shows is charged, this to cover the personal expenses ot the commission, ine fees thus secured are split three ways by the commission after each boxing entertainment. The mayor told the members of the commission he required them to see to it that the very highest diss of boxing is offered, which served the double purpose of raising the stand ard of boxing in Columbus and added to the emolment.i accruing to the members of the commission by virtue of the five per cent, for high grade shows undoubtedly produce a larger "gate" than those of the mediocre variety. While Hughes is refcreeing the bouts, one of the other members of the commission guards the portals to see that there is, no shennanigan put over in the sale of tickets. The third member keeps time at the bouts. It is very little that gets by this com mission, and it is getting results. Another Famous Family. It is not often that one family pro duces two boxers who achieve fame, and cases where three scrappers have come from one family are rare. There are Mike and Tom Gibbons, of course, and both of these lads are mighty nifty mitt wielders. Monte and Abe Attcll also were members of one fam ily who demonstrated a lot of fighting ability. The Downey family, hailing from Ohio, seems about to make a bid for fame by turning out three boxers of class. First, there is Bryant Downey, the welterweight, who has been making quite a fuss lately and looms up as a likely challenger of Ted Lewis, hold er of the welterweight crown. Bryant lias been boxing regularly of late, and, although more or less of a "freak" fighter, has demonstrated that he is no mean adversary for any contender in the welterweight ranks. Getting Baptismal, Right behind Bryant is Anthony, a lad of 18 years, who is getting his bap tism of fire by acting as a sparring partner for brother Bryant. Anthony is a very clever youth and looks like a good heavyweight prospect. Just now he is a middle weight, but he is still growing and should add 25 or 30 pounds to his frame in a year or so. At the Downey farm in Ohio there is still another brother who is a heavyweight. The family is keeping him under cover, but predicts that he will be a sensation when they get reauy 10 give mm to me piiDiic. News Notes of Interest to Western League Fans Chick Autrcy, former Rourke, is spending the winter tins year in Oak land, Cal., and is to play first base on one of the winter league teams in thnt city. John Savage has had enough of the Western league. He will peddle his Joplin franchise to the first prospect and return to Kansas City to be sec retary of the American association club there. John, however, will be pretty 1ncky if lie finds somebody to bite on Joplin. . Jack Holland, it is reported, already has practically notified Hutchinson it will not have a berth in the West ern league next year. St. Joseph has conic to life again with a campaign to organize a stock company to take over the Joetown franchise. If successful Holland will be cleared and Ed Hanlon can return to Sioux City. Babe Adams says he is through with base ball for good. Babe rjuit the St. Joe-llutchinson team before the season closed and now he de clares he never will return. Harry Hooper, who joined the Sioux City St. Joseph club toward the latter part of the season, also says it's quits for him. This is November, however, not April. Ducky Holmes says salaries must be cut to the bone if the Western league is to exist next year. Ducky is rather pessimistic as to has: ball's prospects . Rudy Kallio, Des Moines hurler, won the Coast league pennant for San Francisco. He hurled a two hit fray iti the last game of the year, which won the flag for the Se;.ls from Los Angeles by the narrow margin of one game. Bill Rose, pitcher with Sioux City St. Joseph has joined the army. Harry Gaspar, the celebrated l,e Mars. Ia., photographer, is another Western league pastimcr who says he has quit the diamond sport. Harry has informed Sioux City he reed not be expected back. Jack Holland's Western league team is listed as St. Joseph anJ Ed Han Ion's as Sioux City in the minor league reserve list. Oh, where, oh, where, is my wandering boy tonight? warble Hutchinson fans. Harry Krause, former Rourke, was one of two Pacific Coast league hurl ers to pitch more than 400 innings during the season just ended. Erick son of Frisco was the other. Harry was the old reliable for Oakland much as he was in OmaK Father Downey acts as trainer for the boys and does not believe in crowding their development. Bryant, therefore, will have to do the fighting for the family until his younger brothers are ripe to stand the gaff of a real ring battle. Jones Snares Youth. Tom Jones, one of the profiteers of the Willard syndicate after Big Jess annexed the title, and who formerly had a hand in the ring doings of Adolph Wolgast, has picked up an other youth whom he believes is the coining lightweight champion. Jones has taken Sailor Solly Fried man, the battling Chicago 133-pound-er, under his wing, and asserts that he is going to send Solly to the top of the lightweight heap before he gets through with him. Jones may be a little too generous in his predictions, but they are not without foundation. Friedman has shown a lot of class in his bouts around Chicago and looks like a promising scrapper. Jones has proved his ability as a handler of boxers and it may be that in Friedman he has a future champion. Friedman will stand considerable development, however, and Benny Leonard's crown is in no danger of being dislodged immediately by Solly. As a part of his plan of develop ing Friedman, Jones will take his newest protege to the Pacific coast to try him out in the four-round game against the leading lightweights of the western shore. Army Elevens to Clash on Creighton Field December 1 Omaha foot ball fans are looking forward to the big army gridiron contest which will be held in Omaha December 1 with keen anticipation. This game is to be played between elevens representing the 88th United States army division at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, and the 89th division at Camp Funston, Kan. . ' The Camp Dodge team is coached by John L. Griffith, former head coach at Drake, and the Camp Funs ton crew by Paul Withington, former head coach at Wisconsin. Both teams are made up largely of former col legiate stars. The game will be staged at Creigh ton field. A number of Omahans will be named as a committee to tak charge of the even i fx
